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Defensive issues would of been resolved with 2-3 players. Needed Rodgers in the middle, or anyone over 230 lbs that is decent (Bakker or O'Brien last year). Needed Reyes or Tamas to stay healthy and with either Harris or Holm and we would of been fine. Except for one thing.......we had a couple games when the offense had about just as many 3 and outs as 1st downs. Very few defenses will stand up to that. And on defense, we didn't have the equivalent to a long snapper playing free safety against Montana in the 1st half.

As a FormerOL, what does it feel like when the opposing team's linebackers are calling out the run plays then stuffing them for a loss of 1-2 yards? That must really suck.

Bubba and Rudy are not the entire staff. To me, all things are on the table to at least review. I could be way off, too, but just my 2 cents.

I wasn't looking for a head coach with pom poms like PJ Fleck but atleast would like to hear that adjustments will be made, even if we are not going to broadcast publicly what they are. Was looking for a glimmer, didn't get one. Perception is a slippery slope and the perception right now is nothing changes. However, that simply cannot be an option or it is career suicide for many. So, I am guessing some changes will be made with staff, a few or quite a few players, we will dip back into the juco market hard at LB, safety, and corner, and for the staff this off season, time to review our in game and in season strategies and philosophy.

I get what you are saying but these are adult men. They are capable of buying/selling/using drugs on the extreme bad side of things and they are certainly aware and capable of taking care of themselves on the other side, nutritionally. Most of this is 9th grade health class....... I could see bringing someone in for an "eating clinic", but I don't want to get to the point where we have to wipe these kids' asses, too.

Ya, if the Big Bad BIZON don't have 8-9 home games a year it's a real travesty. They claim they travel so well that Frisco is a home game, then in another argument they call it an away game to boast their playoff record on the road. It's a neutral field game but these schmucks can't figure this out.

I feel he better make the playoffs next year if that's the case with an offense in the top half of the league, so tweaks would have to be made internally.

I am actually calling on Bubba to review his staff. Staff to review their players and scheme. I am not a fire Bubba guy. And not sure who makes this call, but a medical/training staff review, too. And S&C, would like to see some individualization in the program.

To sum up 2017- The combination of average on field talent, use/nonuse of talent, and schematics were disappointing. Our roster is pretty thin, still, talent wise. If we have guys receiving $$ that are not going to contribute, it has to be pulled. If a coach isn't D I competent, he needs to go. North Dakota nice is never going to place us as a perennial top 10 team.

Not really- Although random drug testing is more than a 50/50 soon for FB, and may be for all sports. If you have nothing to hide why not, as a player.

I know, but I am not going to post 50 times hinting around it. Leadership? Go ahead and explain. Focus? Culture? (Drug busts I assume) We are waiting.

Just say it already instead of hinting around it in 50 posts. I can hardly take it any more.

I am very intrigued by this. Eastern almost has the exact opposite approach offensively compared to UND. They have a system and players prepared to run it, regardless of the QB. I don't think they change much offensively as it probably doesn't take 3 years to learn.

Brown couldn't cover my grandma in a phone booth. Anyone was an upgrade from him.

Agreed- And that spans 3 coordinators entrenched in the Dale Lennon 3-4 system.

3 years ago, we stuffed the run. Stubborn teams that stuck to the run made us look good. But any team that opened it up and spread us out torched us. I spoke with a former corner that you guys would know, he asked what our philosophy as corners was. I said "cover like hell cause we were left with zero help". Even cover 2 meant you could never trust the safety to be in a deep half and cover 3, don't plan on a safety in a deep middle 3rd. The only time a safety helped in 4 years, and only in certain situations, was against Martay Jenkins. He was in the league after college but we handled him in Omaha that year. Thanks K. Howe. Today, we face NFL caliber guys quite often, and we often leave our guys on an island. So the question is intriguing. Do we currently have the cover corners to run 'our' 3-4 system? Do those players even exist outside a few FBS guys. Harris was projected as an NFL guy and as mentioned he took his fair share of lumps. Is our pass defense as a team flawed? No pressure, poor coverage, bad combo this week. You gotta have one or the other to have a chance.

It was a decent hit, good for a QB. There should be an amendment to targeting- "If a QB lights you up, everyone laugh, no targeting."

Yes, sardines have comfort in numbers, apparently our D-line does too. Tank looked OK, but we are way under talented on the field this year. When rushing 4 I thought the SUU QB was going to take a nap back there. If I do my math correctly, that leaves 7 in coverage, so why would we see 3 receivers on the screen and 2 D-backs....?? Or other times 2 WRs and only 1 D-back. What a mess!! LB's- mostly inside guys can't stop the run, can't pressure the QB, that's a bad combo. Secondary- we might as well play man from a cover 3 position, cause our man technique sucks. Our guys are so under confident that they never find the ball, even when they have good position. We would be susceptible to slants but better than getting torched all game.

Just caught a little bit on TV, night and day play calling from what we see today.

Jacks muff a punt up 13, are you f-ing kidding me??

My hunch - Outperforming in practice means checking to the correct run play at a higher efficiency than the other guy. So by that definition I can see what you are saying.

You are wrong. All the guys on the team know who can game and who can't. It was true when I played, and it's true today.

Heck, Idaho St. 2 years back ran a concept in which the play itself had a handoff run option and a pass option in the same play. The O-line kinda run blocks but stays within the box. How's that for latitude?

Ya, I know how it's suppose to work.

If a run play is called and a QB can check to run A or run B that isn't going to cut it at this level. Is that really a check, 2 run plays, not really.